ABSTRACT The current research focused on how competing narratives (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives) are endorsed among low‐status group members, through the case of the US military base issue in Okinawa, Japan. Specifically, we explored patterns of Okinawans’ narrative endorsement (i.e., dominant and resistance narratives surrounding the ...
Maho Aikawa, Andrew L. Stewart
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EU Policy‐Making in the Digital Age: Major Trends and Insights From Public Policy Research
ABSTRACT Has digitalization changed policy‐making dynamics at the European Union (EU) level? To investigate this issue, this article presents a scoping review of the literature on EU digital policy‐making. While much scholarship adopts a ‘Governance’ approach, two conceptually rich strands emerge: critical approaches, and digital sovereignty.
Chloé Bérut
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Beyond decriminalization: exploring the legalization of abortion globally. [PDF]
Ambast S, Atay H, Lavelanet A.
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Policy Spandrels: How Design Decisions Can Open Up Spaces for Unintended Policy Change
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of policy spandrels to make sense of public policies producing second‐order effects that are unintentional from the perspective of policy design and yet are fraught with consequences. By analogy with architectural spandrels—leftover spaces that can be used for unforeseen purposes—policy change can be enabled
Martino Maggetti
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Public health and criminal justice funding for firearm injury prevention research in the United States. [PDF]
Lin JC +8 more
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ABSTRACT Does street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self‐interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to empirically examine how SLBs who have different orientations toward social values might act in different institutional and administrative contexts.
Nissim Cohen, Teddy Lazebnik
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Identifying racialized administrative and criminal legal burdens for obtaining gender-affirming identification documents among transgender groups: a qualitative analysis. [PDF]
Nowotny K +6 more
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The Distributive Consequences of Active Welfare Policies in Europe
ABSTRACT This article examines the distributive consequences of active welfare policies in Europe by analysing tier‐specific investments in individualised employment services across four European welfare states: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Deborah Jackwerth‐Rice +1 more
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Between fiscal returns and social harm: reframing gambling regulation in Kazakhstan through international evidence. [PDF]
Khamzina Z, Buribayev Y.
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The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?
ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
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